WAKING UP LONDON

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 77, 24 December 1919, Page 7

WAKING UP LONDON

AN .AMERICAN'S IMPRESSIONS. "Eipht millions of humans," said a brother New YorkT to me here a few wneks aso. "Where are they? This old London is a majestic, but a dead-looking town." Ye-lerday I ran across the same man -I- ••""„. Turn*" Book Store in Oxford Stwot. "T,\"M. millions?" ]\r- mid. "Tt is mnro like cWilp?ii. Where Iwvp all the poonle. come from? Look lit W>-> piitomoWle* ruplii'"?- an. , ! vnnriiv; ?.-•■ in Muhir-'iin Avennf. Ciiicn;;n. or lik" (he doivi l -'"' , .!! ni«-l| outside ijio Plaza, New York City; fiidcwalks alive with folks, and pud) goodlooking girls. (00; weather perfect—just like our Indian wiminer at home—anil the whole, city hnstHnjj and n.live. London's a wonderful place."

Londoners, indeed, 'l:avo not until now •realised how many people have travelled in tho wonderful series of subways extending under their strools lo tho extent nf about !)fl miles. The strike has fihnwn London to be Hie miwt pnnulnti' white man's city in the world. The "iirht millions of people are visible r.t last.

As for fo strike, no viailo- suddenly dropped hero would fiipss piioh a thing was taking place, Tt merolv lonics as thomli tlio wholp of your vasl- metropolis had liocomo Americanised. even Rppms now to V (hat «ainp "life" in Hip nir tliat onn wli on (he oH'or side, find there ip in tlio lirnriii'r of Hip thousands of pedestrians that pon ■• down flip mnin brents that alertness which in flip pa=t has brrn considered l>v =nt!io, miil-p nrroncnusly apparently, to be r. ciliarnclerift"'" peculiar to thn American ppnnlp Tlicro is none oP the alleged British somnolence lipro. Tlvorv man n"d overv woman stnps out as with dpfinitn jmrpose. Tt is a pireat ritv. Tf it Vpnl lilco this—so long as If.'did not no "drv"~T shouldn't mind prnlnnoinw my visit! As for American ability ouiclvly tn tackle a bi<r tipw situation—wpll. T rtio": \vo couldn't tcncli you much in p'niarl adaptation to flip problem which faced you a few days ago. T never I'hoWhl; it possible thf.t H'i< old citv could (Oiake off its nnrairoiiM ,- leisurely ways and show hoy snppdily it n-,,,1,1 ™f r,"l, n =f',. P n an ,\ i,oi p to'nut if: over those who Hmm'M 11"".- cnu'd create T lifT'dly tlii"'c liliat ovpn in Now Yni'V City we coii'd fi miicklv It is wonderful how th" pprmlp hew ;>l nil Trades nf snpicty—l"i"'iiPss men, slnf!:l>rnlcpr«, c'lioiimxii. el"i'l;s. priiv.ijp.iol nipn—havo piuldpnly slinivn iv u- <' '■^ <- ' - 1, -'" "'■'.■ ■*-.in-i'".|l -Ili'-I" 0,, d ai'P dninir Iheir hU wil'i ,".11 Hie nii-ili and fn imaßinalilo in order to meet the situation. ■ - ' ■ ; ••-'■ '■"■'■ ''-"-> '!■";•< nnd i(? people are »rpatpr.—"Daily llnil."